ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Megan Podcast - 11th May 2021

Episode Date: May 10, 2021

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Hello, welcome to the Fleetspawn and Megan podcast. It's thanks to McCafe. Download the Maccas app to get McCafe rewards today. And we start with the mailbag today on the podcast intro because we've received a tube. A tube. A tube which indicates rolled paper inside. And that rolled paper came from Dan Watson who is at BeardballedBespectacled. He's put beard before bald. I always go bald, beard. at beard bald bespectacled. On Instagram? Before bald. I always go bald beard.

Beard bald bespectacled. And beautiful. But that's not part of his Instagram handle. Beard and beyond. Where you get shavers. Sheets. Sheets and whatever's behind. That they can get on special and buy en masse. Before you get to what he sent us,

commend him on his handwriting. Oh, yeah, he's got lovely handwriting. Looks like a font. Vaughan thought it was a printer. Yeah, he does, didn't you? But does it come with being able to being a great illustrator is you have to, your penmanship or penpersonship would be. Maybe that's how it starts.

Yeah, so precise that your handwriting would always have to be good. Otherwise, it would be weird, right? It would be weird if you were an amazing drawer, illustrator, and you couldn't. Shitty handwriting. Like you had Vaughan's handwriting, basically, is all I'm trying to say. That's rude. But then doctors, terrible handwriting.

Yeah, but then their big thing isn't handwriting, is it? No, but it's, what about surgeons? But surgeons don't write prescriptions, so perhaps not. The handiwork from Dan at Beardballed Perspectacled. He's drawn some lovely images here of us with things we've been known to have said. Our famous quotes from us all. Life mantras. A laughy fletch face down the bottom that says,

don't trust anyone, full stop, ever, full stop. Yeah. Brilliant. Meggie's, don't get good at something you don't stop. Ever. Full stop. Yeah. Brilliant. Meg, don't get good at something you don't want to do. Great life advice. Thank you. And you can't fail if you don't try. That's the Vaughn Smith way of going. I love it.

I love those. Those are so cool. The Vaughn Smith way of going. We'll have to put those online for people to see. Yeah, we'll put them on the socials. But yeah, thanks. Thanks. Very talented people.

I know. Very, very. I'm always jealous of arty people. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Mind you, you should send me on a pottery wheel. Very talented people I know Very Very Always jealous of arty people Yeah Yeah Yeah Mind you should see me on a pottery wheel Are you trying to get in on all the TikTok crazes Of hot guys doing pottery

Is there a hot guys doing pottery TikTok craze That's all That's all there is What's your My algorithm is Fucked up My algorithm hasn't shot me No it's just like

Basically like Topless guys And they go Plonk What are you watching Plonk down a thing of pottery And then just like Make like topless guys and they go plonk. What are you watching? And they plonk down a thing of pottery. And then just make a big phallic clay penis.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, basically. And just rub their hand up and out. And then at the end just spit and put their finger in the top and it's a vase. I don't know how it works. It's bloody near magical, isn't it? I mean, they should have dipped their hands in the water thing to get more water. But they literally like. Yeah. And then up and down.

Up and down and then it goes. it goes on a clay penis vase. But very clever. Thank you, Dan. Thank you, Dan. Sorry to be sidetracked by that filth. Bring you into that. Goodness. Good morning.

Welcome to the show, Fletch, Vaughan and Megan. Morning. Two minutes past six. Morning. Morning. Don't have many phones at night. I've just been in the kitchenette. My favourite cup was available.

Oh, that's a good day. That is a good cup. I was going to say, have you ever used that cup? That's a good cup. It's a bit embossed, isn't it? That cup? It is a bit of an embossed situation. It's just a good shape. It's wide bit embossed, isn't it, that cup? It is a bit of an embossed situation. It's just a good shape.

It's wide. Capacity is good. Good capacity. Yeah. A bit more about girth and length. Yep. Which I like in a coffee cup. I love a girthy cup.

Yes. Yeah. It's a girthy, rounded, smooth cup. There's nothing worse than like a tall, thin, glossy cup. Narrow. Yeah, narrow cup. That's another thing I don't know. This has got kind of a matte feel to it.

And I prefer bulbous rather than those ones that are skinny and go out at the top. Oh, yeah, those are hideous. Yeah, no. Tea cup, isn't it? Yeah. No. Well, now that you've got your coffee cup, we're sorted. I'm ready to go.

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You've got to be listening right throughout the day and be the first through with Bree and Clint this afternoon to win every single thing in the cart. The top six is coming up. Hugs are back in the UK today. This is... They've officially unbanned hugs. Isn't it crazy?

They made an announcement to say we can hug again. Yeah. Hugs are okay. It's so cute. You just forget how bad it is in the rest of the world, eh? A lot of the time when we're living in this little bubble down here. We're very fortunate. Some countries are an absolute dire strait.

So that's coming up, the top six types of hugs. Next on the show, though. Drugs. Not hugs. Drugs. Not hugs. Drugs. And weirdly, something that I thought was an old trick has made the news. Not a trick I've ever done. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast.

ZM. A series of people in Wellington have reported to the police that they've received mysterious objects in the mail. Okay. Like seeds. You remember when we were getting, everyone was getting seeds from China? No. Yeah, I remember that. And they were like, don't plant them.

It's China's plan to grow sunflowers everywhere. Oh, dastardly China and their sunflowers. Yeah, damn. I don't know what, I don't actually know what the seeds were, but they were, people all over the world were getting them. You know when you get an AliExpress package? It'd look like that. What?

How do you not? Literally, we talked about this on the show. Mysterious seeds in the mail from China. What were the seeds? There was no follow-up and no ending. No, there was no... And we all just forgot. Hold on, I've just found an article.

We finally know why Americans keep getting sketchy seeds in the mail from China. Various types of seeds. Some of them being harmless, common seeds that might be planted in a garden. Others would be harmful to the soil. The mystery now appears to be a vast scam targeting people whose online accounts have been compromised. How? It's a bit, why send them seeds? I don't know.

This is a long article. That was just another bullet point thing at the top to get you to read. Right. Oh, my God. If I got seeds, I couldn't help but plant them. I know. Well, that's what they were saying because all these old people were getting them. Oh, you know what old people are like?

Old people in Vaughan love their gardening. God, if you get a mystery seed, what could the seed be? I've got to plant the seed. Well, no, this isn't seeds. This is a synthetic drug that can be used in place of methamphetamine. It's a substitute. Right. It can be used as an ingredient in making methamphetamine

or it can be used kind of like a methamphetamine. And so random houses in Wellington are getting these packages. Yes. So all over Wellington too. Brooklyn, Vogelton, Vogeltown, that's where they make the bread. Karori, Wade's Town, and a whole lot of western hill suburbs have reported this mysterious crystal-like mail delivery. But would it have their name on the package?

Well, yeah, because it's been sent to their address or at the very least their address. Some of them have had their addresses. And you're just like, well, I'll just open this and see what's inside. Yeah. You're like, uh-oh. Now this, the police have said, usually happens in places that are predominantly holiday homes.

Oh, right. So they can then go and pick them up. Bingo. What are they expecting to knock on the door and be like, hi, um... I think you got my crystal meth. So yeah, holiday homes, and then the people who are getting the drugs delivered

do sweeps daily through these small towns where most of the people aren't actually there because it's not the holiday period. Cheek, yeah. And they get it, but police have said if you get a mysterious package in the mail, don't smoke it. Don't plant the seeds, don't smoke the crystals,

call them, let them know. Right. Henceforth, ongoing. I remember this happened when I lived in Hamilton, a band, they all lived in the same flat, sort of like a 660 that never happened. They all lived in the same flat, and these like a 660 that never happened. They all lived in the same flat.

And these pills turned up with their band logo stamped on them. Right. And they were like, what the hell's going on? And they went to the police and the police were like, well done because we were about to do a raid on you. We've been monitoring the mail. And it's already been coming to you. We gave it a grace period to see if you would come forward

and be like, what's going on here? And yeah, apparently the same thing. How big is the grace period though? Because you could probably get through a few pills in a weekend. And then they raise you. Go to the police station and be like, five pills turned up. Definitely not a big damage.

ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Jaina. Jaina. Jaina. Home to a lot of the world's population. Famously quite a large portion of the- Concentration camps that they call re-education camps. Oh, yeah, yeah. And also a lot of glass bridges,

more than 2,300 glass bridges in the country. Doesn't seem like a great idea, does it? When I saw this story, I was like, oh, well, that must be the big one, the big glass bridge. So it's home to the tallest glass bridge in the world, the longest sea crossing bridge on the planet, and it has three of the top four longest suspension bridges and the world's longest suspension glass bridge,

where the bottom, the bit you walk on, is glass. A suspension glass bridge too. So there'd been... Yeah. So this one isn't... All the weights supported from the top. This incident that happened yesterday isn't the world's tallest glass suspension bridge. It's only 100 metres off the ground.

Well... Only. Only. Somebody... So for example, Sky Sky Tower, what's that? 300 metres tall. So the observation would be about, what, 150, 200? When you stand on that glass panel. I feel like 150 rings a bell, yeah. And you look down, you can stand on that. So imagine that, but it's a bridge.

Imagine that, but it's a bridge. Now, yesterday, somebody was trapped on that suspension bridge when the glass panels around them came loose and fell down due to high winds. Okay, that's everybody's worst nightmare. He literally made me shiver. He's literally, so they have like little like metal support beams that go across where the glass meets, the glass panels. It sits, but obviously isn't attached

no yeah weird weirdly not attached why didn't his glass i don't know but he's so uh he's on one glass panel and beside him there's a big giant hole three panels are gone yeah and another panel on the side emergency crews had to come out and rescue him if that was me that glass panel would be covered in and i would be just freaking. I'd be crying. All my bodily fluids. Would you have waited for emergency crews or would you have, because you can hold on to the rail and put your feet there and shimmy across.

Would you have shimmied across? You like to think that you would shimmy across, but you just freeze and hang on. You're like, I can't hold on anymore. Yeah. But if you saw all the other glass fall out, But you just freeze and hang on. You're like, I can't hold on anymore. Yeah. Mum. But if you saw all the other glass fall out, wouldn't you be like, when's mine falling out?

Yeah, you'd be like, I better get off of here. I wouldn't be sitting like that. They look to be sitting on the glass. I'd be holding on to the side, white knuckled. But also high winds. So if you stand up. Anyway, horrible idea. Glass bridges.

Glass bridges. It's a firm no on that one. I'm a big fan of glass windows. Absolutely. But they don't need to support you, do they? No, exactly. Transparency is their biggest, you know, feature. Fleshfawner Megan, the podcast.

ZM. From the self-driving ZM think tank, this is the top six. Hello there. Hugs are back in the UK. The hug ban has been lifted. Was there like a punishment? Like, it wasn't like illegal or anything. It's just, please don't hug each other kind of thing. Yeah, it was.

You're not going to get fined if you're caught hugging somebody. I think there was. Really? I think there was the fine but it only fell under all of the rules put in place to stop COVID. Yeah. So if you were seen hugging, there could, I mean, it would probably be a swift telling off,

but there could have been fines dished out. And then... Fell under a whole lot of rules. Yeah, and bars have been restricted, but I think in a week, the pubs and restaurants can open indoors because everybody's been outdoors in like the little outdoor areas, haven't they? Right. And it's getting into this summer now, so weather is getting better,

so outdoors is becoming a friendlier option. And a lot of them are getting vaccinated too. Yeah, their vaccination rates are getting pretty good. Yeah. So I've got the top six types of hugs that are back in the UK today. Number six, snuggles. Oh, okay, yeah. Snuggly hugs.

Yeah, good. That's when you snuggle in. Generally, like preferably there's a height difference so that someone can snuggle in and then the taller person snuggles over. Yeah, good. And then you snuggle in. That's a little bit of snuggly.

Yeah, nice. Number five on the list of the top six types of hugs that are back in the UK today. This is called the Fletch Special. The half-hearted, one-arm, hips-apart hug. Well, yeah, you've got to have the hips apart because you don't want to brush up genitalia. You don't want a genitalia.

Yeah. You just literally touch clavicles. You just like, top of the shoulders. Well, otherwise Megan's boobs get in there. I'm always careful not to put my boobs on you. Yeah, hug. You look like a fish. Yeah.

Your hands are just like loosely flapping around the side. I'm that scene in Fleabag where the two sisters try to hug each other. And you know, even if you haven't seen Fleabag, you've definitely seen the meme about the hugs,

about that scene. It's great. Our number four on the list of the types of hugs that are back in the UK today, cuddles. Oh, yeah. It's a pretty stock standard.

Yeah. Maybe a bit more cute than a standard hug. Yeah. A bit more of a cuddle. Yeah, nice. Not everybody can cuddle. No. Some people just not cute enough to pull off the cuddle.

They'll hug when they try to cuddle. Yeah. Number three on the list of the top six types of hugs that are back in the UK today, a lingering hug from a colleague that can't read the room. Oh, yeah. Sort of like holds on a bit long. And you've got to pull away and you can't because they've got you so tight and you're like, okay. But they're also not using their hug receptors to know that you're pulling away to then release their hold.

It's not good. Yeah. Especially in the workplace. Number two on the list of the top six types of hugs That are back in the UK today This was my nana's special Hard whack back pat hug Oh yeah

And they go Whack whack whack And you're like Like they're clearing the dust From your cardigan Yeah Mini Heinlich Yeah

Right on the Back there But aggressive And number one on the list of the top six types of hugs that are back in the UK today. Probably only do this with a loved one. This probably wouldn't be sort of like greeting a workmate again. The

standing spoon hug. That's like spooning. We're both facing the same direction, but someone's behind. Oh, you see, that's not for strangers or acquaintances. No, that's not for strangers. Not at all. So partners, that one. Because you can go in. Otherwise you'll be reported. Yeah, you see, that's not for strangers or acquaintances. No, that's not for strangers. No. Not at all. So partners, that one. Yeah, because you can go in. Otherwise you'll be reported.

Yeah, you'll definitely be reported. You'll definitely be. You'll still get your fine. Yeah. It'll just be for a completely different thing. That is today's top six. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. This is a weird friendship that we've known about for a while.

I can't remember how it came about, but Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart are mates. He reached out to her after she went to jail, right? And he was like... She went to jail. For like tax stuff. So if you don't know Martha Stewart, she's just like...

How would you explain her? Just like... Do we have an equivalent here? She did like the home network, like cooking and... I don't know if we've got an equivalent that's done all that she's done. Maybe Tony Street in like 20 years after she's done like 10, 20 years of New World ads. Yeah.

They did a TV series together, Snoop and Martha, called Martha and Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party. That's right. I remember that. They had different dinner guests. Is that right? And they cooked different meals. Yeah. That's right. I remember that. They had different dinner guests. Is that right? And they cooked different meals. Yeah. Well, they've teamed up again.

There's a new collaboration. This is for a Bic lighter. It is called the Bic Easy Reach Lighter. So it's just a normal lighter with a little extended part, kind of, you know, like a- Half a length of a barbecue lighter. Yes. Yeah.

These are good because for the candles. Because I've got one of those barbecue lighters for the candles. Because you know when the candle burns right down, it's really hard to get a lighter in there. You need to get the soot all over your hands. Yeah. But these are good because they're not as long and they're kind of cutesy.

And I don't know how much they would have paid them but they've done an ad together as well. Yeah, here it is. Hey Martha, pass me that big Easy Reach lighter and that bowl. Bowl of strawberries. Thanks. This is perfect for hard to reach places. And it helps keep your fingers away from the flame.

Whoa, do I smell? That's right. Fondue time. Big Easy Reach. The ultimate lighter. Perfect for candles, grills and so much more. Okay, so I've just collected for bongs. It's just for bongs,

yeah. Definitely for bongs. But I want it for the candles. How perfect for the candles. I could have one for each candle. I don't even know if we'll get it here. Surely, right? Well, we've got big lighters here. Yeah.

Also, I might kick off a conspiracy here, but there's a, you know, the poster for it? We looked at the little poster for it before, and I said, why do Martha Stewart's eyes look Photoshopped? Yeah. The video, her eyes look completely CGI. What? The ad I just played, Martha Stewart's eyes look completely computer generated. Oh, you're on

No, they're not. You don't CGI somebody's eyes. You tell me that this doesn't look a little unusual. Oh my god! I'm watching it. Watch. When it goes to her eyes, look. Maybe they've just made them whiter., maybe they've just made them whiter.

I think they've just made them whiter, maybe. They've just brightened her. No, that second. Yeah, they do look weird. Maybe she was stoned and they had to un-stone her. They had to un-stone her eyes. That's what I'm saying. That's what I was hinting at.

The eyes look completely faked. Well, either way, they look like great lighters. I hope we get them here. Yeah. I'm all get them here. Yeah. I'm all for this celebrity collab, this one. Fleshfauna Megan, the podcast, ZM. A group of youths. Oh, no.

Not the group of youths that yelled at you in Wellington. No, no. This is a group of youths aged between 13 and 20. Over the past couple of months, in New Plymouth, have been responsible for a spike in car thefts predominantly involving Mazdas. What kind of Mazdas? All sorts of Mazdas.

All sorts of Mazdas. Mazda 3, Mazda 2s, Mazda Demios. Predominantly Demios, Atensas and Familiars. How has Bev not been my mum, Bev? How has she not been a victim of crime? Are they easy to steal? I don't know. I don't know.

I would have thought after a certain time, cars became harder to steal. They probably haven't stolen hers because it's like Kermit the Frog green. Hard to get away. But all those Mazda 2s were quite bright colours. Yeah, they were. Because there was an orange in the mix that was very, just pretty much just like a drivable road cone. Yeah.

Without the reflective strip. But this started in January. A trio of youths were arrested. Fifteen Mazdas across the district were stolen and attempts were made on a further seven and three were interfered with. And then since then it's been ongoing. So the rest of them are then what released them and they keep doing it?

Well, no, I don't know if it's them or their associates in this gang of huge... But why just Mazdas? They must have worked out how to steal them. Right. Or they must have something that helps them steal Mazdas. Right. Like a key. Like a Mazda Universal.

Is that a thing? I don't know. Still need a key to put in the ignition though, don't you? Because locksmiths know heaps. Locksmiths are sitting on a bit of knowledge. But you're not allowed to be a criminal and be a locksmith. Yeah. Well.

Well, I mean, I don't think criminals advertise the fact that they're criminals. You know? No, but if you've got a criminal record, they come and they take your locksmith tools away. We're here for the tools. Oh, no. My little lockpicking kit. But yeah, they just said that they are targeting it. And it's just another reminder to be vigilant.

Ensure your vehicles are secured and don't leave valuables in your vehicles. So when I had my Mazda, I often left it unlocked, hoping someone would take it. It wasn't one of those listed, though, my little MX-5. Yeah. No, no one ever did. You know, my Honda ticked over a quarter of a million kilometres yesterday. I knew 250,000. I pulled over on the side of the motorway. And sent us all a photo.

And took a photo of the speedo. And a truck went past. Yeah. And I was like, it just went past at ordinary speed. Terrifying to be on the side of the motorway. Yeah. I've never just stopped on the side of the motorway before. I know you're not supposed to.

You're not supposed to. No, you're not. No, normally when you see someone stopped, you're just like, oh, they've broken down. They've broken down. It was just Vaughan taking a photo. Taking a photo of my car hitting 250,000. But even that car, which is like 17 years old now, it's got like, I think when we got it,

the double immobilizer. Oh, right. So, yeah, it would be pointless to leave it unlocked because you still then can't steal it. I mean, somebody probably can, but then if you're that good at stealing cars, you're probably not going to steal mine. No, not that one.

Like the undercarriage of your car is dragging on the road. Oh, no, I took that off. It's so embarrassing. We were driving along the other day. People were looking. I took it off. Good. Okay, yeah, good.

Yeah, I jacked up the car and crawled underneath, and what could have only been described as an ACC ad waiting to happen, and I found the screws, and I took that plastic thing off. Now, I don't believe that was an essential part of the vehicle. I was going to claim insurance. Okay. But I don't believe it's an essential part of the vehicle. Your car's like your great uncle has made it to like 100 smoking ciggies and drinking whiskey.

He's like, oh, yeah. How's it done? The secret to my success has been treated like crap. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast. ZM. Auntie Jules on TikTok has, she's done her first TikTok. Just been treated like crap. Aunty Jules on TikTok has, she's done her first TikTok, and this is after she saw one, and it was showing how to get smoother legs.

So she decided she would give it a go. Who's Aunty Jules? Just some auntie. Yeah, some auntie. Okay. Literally Jules is her name. She saw a new way to shave your legs. She's explained that someone else's video, they were using sandpaper.

600 grit. Is that really smooth? 600 grit is super smooth. Like wet and dry sandpaper is like 400 grit, 600 grit, super smooth. Yeah, because sometimes you go to, like when I was in the Bunnings on Lighter 10 and looking for sandpaper and some

of it was like just A4 paper. I was like, is this even sandpaper? Yeah. The gritty stuff. So it's a polishing job. Fine sandpaper is a 120 to 220. Extra fine sandpaper is used between coats of paint or varnish. So that's like 243

2400 while extra or super fine sheets of grits up to 600 are best, suited for polishing jobs. So you're polishing your legs, essentially. Yeah, yeah. And the hair's just like... The hair just comes off at the... You're basically sanding the hair off.

Yeah. But then you're also, like, sanding your skin off, too. That can't be good for your skin. I did a exfoliation, though. She's done a TikTok of her. She said, this is my first one of her doing it. And she has explained that after she did it,

whilst it did make her legs very smooth, she has used a lot of moisturizer. Because she's sanded her skin off. Someone asked how long it lasts. She said, I had a little bit of stubble the next day, but yeah, a lot of lotion.

Well, it'd be like hair removal cream, right? Like it just takes the top off. Yeah. It doesn't get below the nose. She didn't have to scrub too hard. She had to go like one way clockwise ten times, anti-clockwise ten times on each area.

No, no, no. That's a lot of time, isn't it? You'd be best to use a razor. You're still going to need a razor. Yeah, use a razor. It's not like you can use sandpaper on other parts. You know? Yeah, shave and then exfoliate. Sandpaper on the jetties, that's not going to do you any favors. No.

Can you get out the orbital sander for this? You can. I just looked. You can get a 600-grit sanding disc. Yeah. Oh, my gosh. You could totally put it on the belt sander and just watch TV and belt sand your legs. It'd be hard to watch TV.

They're very noisy. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Short of saying just break up with them or end the date, what do you do if you're seeing someone and they have poor hygiene or they smell a little bit? Everything else is great. Is this a first date? I mean, it could be, yeah. How hot are they?

Well, say everything else about them you loved. They were hot. Okay. Great. For example, Megan, it's Harry Styles. Oh my God, Harry doesn't stink. And he stinks. He looks a bit smelly.

I put up with a lot for Harry Styles, to be honest. He looks like he'd be a bit smelly, though. You reckon? Yeah. Just very haphazard with his application of deodorant and or perfume. Like, it could go the other way. He could smell like heaven. Yeah.

Or baking soda, which is perfectly neutral, you know? Yeah, okay. Or he smells like... He's one of those people that's like, baking soda, you can use it for so much stuff. Yeah. Did you know it's a cleaner? And it also cleans your glasses. And the stove top.

And my armpits. I feel like he would smell that baking soda. I feel like he would just be into that. So okay, say it's Harry Styles or whoever you're really into, but they smell. And you're on a date and there's maybe sweaty pits. See, if it's a first date, I don't think you can do anything. You don't know this person well enough to say,

you want some deodorant, did you forget? It's going to, short of it putting you off, so you want to continue this, what are you going to do about it? You want to continue on seeing them, but you know that they smell. So a dating expert by the name of Hayley Quinn, she has actually given some really good tips on how to approach this. And this could apply to workmates as well. I'm not hinting at anything.

That's an issue. I've known people in the past that, yeah, people are like, oh, my God, they need deodorant. I'm so thankful. You guys don't do farts much anymore either. Neither of you stink because we're in a small room for hours. Why haven't we? I don't know. What's happened to your diet? You used to do lots do farts much anymore either. Neither of you stink because we're in a small room for hours. Why haven't we? I don't know.

What's happened to your diet? You used to do lots of farts. I'm still going. I'm rocking a bit of broccoli lately. That'll get you tooting. Oh, yeah. A bit of broccoli. Rooting, tooting.

Yeah. Broccoli, eggs. So this dating expert has said, first of all, it's important to realise that people could smell for a multitude of reasons. Don't assume that it's because they're not showering. They could have some kind of medical issue. They may not smell it themselves. You know how when you put perfume on,

after a while, you don't smell it anymore. But everybody else can. They may not be aware of their odour. Or like smokers that get in the lift and you're like, can you smell yourself? And there's chewing gum. It's like smoking and chewing gum. So yeah, it could be the fact that they were anxious

on the date as well and excessively sweating. So if someone is excessively sweating on your first date, you definitely shouldn't write them off. But there's a difference between fresh sweat and stale stink. You know what I mean? Like you can kind of almost forgive a fresh sweat, but like a stale stink.

Yeah. Different vibe. So first tip was that she said you might want to buy them a small gift of like aftershave or perfume or shower gel or deodorant. Yeah, right. I mean, that's on the nose. It's really on the nose. I can't imagine that.

Okay, what about if you bought them a hamper? And it was miscellaneous groceries like baked beans, tinned baked beans. No, because they might not get the biscuit. It's not targeted enough. Don't give them baked beans. No, but then in there, there's like a body wash and a deodorant. How are you putting baked beans and deodorant in a hamper?

Megan, it's a whole hamper I haven't finished. There'll be other items like maybe some crackers and some camembert. Right. Don't give them cheese. You know, we give them a lot of things that are only going to make their smells worse. And maybe some fresh fruit, like a whole hamper, but disguise it in there. Okay. Sure.

I can't imagine it's going to go down well. She also said do it in a private space. Don't ever do it in front of people if you're going to bring it up. Right. Think of a nice way to do it and do it privately where they're going to feel safe and use words like we. So it makes them feel like you're part of the solution here. Collectively, we're a little bit stinky. Maybe we need to get you a good supply of toilet paper and soap in the bathroom. Oh, but we're not going to wipe in their ass.

Is that distinct? I assumed it was just armpits. And it just feels a bit patronising, doesn't it? Yeah. We're not wiping our butts, but we all know what that means. What are they not wiping their ass? Is that just doing... I assumed it was just armpit, armpits. And it just feels a bit patronising, doesn't it? We're not wiping our butts, are we? You missed a bit, yeah. But it also can come down to something that's wrong in their health. So if they can't smell themselves, she said, do it privately, gently tell them that you are concerned

and maybe you need to check out everything is okay with their body. No, what the... No, just... I feel like these are several deal breakers, Megan. tell them that you are concerned and maybe you need to check out everything is okay with their body. No. What the f... No, Jess. I feel like these are several deal breakers, Megan. It's not... This date is... Bow out.

Yeah. You're not getting a second date after this. But she said if they're open to the communication and you can move past it, then you're meant to be together. Because they'll listen to you. Yeah. Yeah. You can change them.

That's what relationships are about. That's basically what this is about. A successful change of route. Flesh, fauna, Megan. The podcast. ZM. We are absolutely in the dark about this, by the way, what we're about to.

Oh, yeah. So any BSA complaints, any complaints whatsoever. We'd like to distance ourselves. 100% professionally, legally, and personally distance ourselves from what executive intern Anya, for official complaints, Anna Henvest. Yeah. But we just called her Anya.

She has got a story about some chums, some pals, some buddies. Yeah, I'm really nervous now. My heart's going pitter-patter. Okay. Embrace it, ride it. So I had drink. Oh, my God, I'm so stressed. I had drink. Embrace it, ride it. So I had drink. Oh, my God, I'm so stressed. Just the one drink.

I had drink. I had drink. I ingested some liquids on the weekend with a friend. And she told me about her good old catch-up. Now, she has started seeing a guy who has a couple of kids. Okay. So that has its own challenges in itself. And one of those things is obviously time.

So the time for them to do their secret handshakes is fairly minimal. Sorry, I don't get you. I hate you. Well, no, it's hard to get a secret handshake. You've got to practice. I'm not very good at secret handshakes. Right, okay. You've got to be like, handshake. You've got to practice. I'm not very good at cigarette handshakes. Right, okay.

You've got to be like, handshake, then that part, then fist bump, then elbow. If you're going to do a whole initiation to the gang, cigarette handshake. Poor Sade. Oh, wait, are we talking about sex? No, definitely not. I'm going to say because I'm not good at that either. They're on a seven-day cigarette handshake challenge where they have to do their cigarette handshakes every day. What is a...

Okay. You can stop saying cigarette handshakes. We're all grown up here. Is this to... They're trying to have sex every day of the week. Correct. To spice things up. Yeah.

I think to get back into a good routine. Have you seen it just started... If you need to spice things up when you've just started seeing someone... No, they haven't just started seeing... They've been doing it for like a year-ish, I think. Okay. The trouble is with setting yourself that challenge is that suddenly it becomes a chore that you have to do.

Routine, yeah. Because like if you're both tired. It takes a passion. You're like, no, we've set ourselves this challenge. Like unloading the dishwasher every day. Some days you just don't want to do it. Why, are we still talking about sex? Because that's a weird analogy.

Love, go to the bedroom. I'm getting ready to unload your dishwasher So they got about three days in Okay And then his parents came over for dinner Right And they, the plan I would have got one out before dinner that day I would have planned for like an afternoon dishwasher emptying.

Yeah. Yeah, so the plan was for them- I probably would have loaded the bloody dishwasher too, you know. So grim. The plan was for them to pop over about five. Now, my friend's partner has accidentally messaged his father, who is involved in the church, saying they'll come before five,

get home as early as you can, so we can chat, eat, kick them out, and hang. I feel like the phrasing is so important. Oh, no. Who's involved in the church. Right, how did that go down? Are they married?

No, they're not. No. And Dad's just replied with this emoji. They're like, hmm, puzzled emoji. Wow. Yeah. So now they know they're getting kicked out after dinner and they know what's happening when they leave.

They're not still coming over for dinner, are they? No. And then half an hour, Mum came down with an upset stomach. Oh. It probably got them thinking about their own seven-day sex challenge. Oh, no. Hey, just because they're members of the church

doesn't mean they can't get down and get funky. That's very true. Yeah. So there you go. Oh, that's, yeah. How are you going to look them face to face? So did they call the challenge off? No, I think they still hung out that night.

They still completed the seven day challenge. Congratulations. Christmas is going to be awkward. Oh, they would have forgotten about it by then. No, that's turned in their memory. I hope they see each other before then. You don't want to leave all the awkwardness to deal with on Christmas. They need to have a couple of warm-ups.

Maybe church on Sunday. Yeah. Well, maybe not. Maybe not straight to the church on Sunday. All right, 20 past seven. Wedding bills. If you've never been married before, it can get quite expensive. Well, you've done it twice.

Has that added up? That would have added up, wouldn't it? I probably would have bought a house a lot sooner. Kia ora, this is Toby Manhai. I'm the host of Gone By Lunchtime, a podcast for the spin-off podcast network all about politics and politicians, with me,

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I'm just doing the maths of how many weddings I've been to that have ended in divorce. I'm saying you're probably the common denominator here. It's also the way I'm getting out of emceeing weddings. I'm running now at a larger majority of separations than successors. I like you and Andrew are doomed, by the way. There's very few. Are you the problem?

I'm the problem. You and Andrew and Brad and Alice, I believe, are the only weddings left that I've emceed that haven't separated. I'm at 100% emcee divorce rate. I've only done one. I've only done one and they're divorced. You didn't do my first one. But he was there.

Yeah, and so were you. So, I don't know. But I reckon I'd be running at a... All the weddings I've been to, I reckon, 40% success. But that would be the stats, right? Yeah, I'd say so. Yeah. It might even be more.

It might be like only 30% still together. Well, it's not divorces that are putting people off getting married. It's how much the wedding costs. Well, you don't go into a wedding being like, this is going to be painful when we get divorced. You believe that it's going to work. Did you not for your first though? Weren't you

a bit iffy about that? Carl, Peter Fletcher, the conversations we have off the radio. I know, I always forget the off and on ear conversations. I mean, sometimes you go into a marriage and you're like, you're iffy. People do. Don't though.

Don't go in if you're iffy. I don't recommend it. There's so much pressure that people get into these and they think, well, if we get married, it'll make it better. We'll be fine. We've just got to get through this. Also, if you've been together for ages, you're like, well, then we get married and then we have a baby and then we do this.

Don't go with those societal. It's this hetero narrative. Amicably part company. Don't get married just because it's expected of you after a certain amount of time. Try an engagement. Yeah. With amount of time. Try an engagement. Yeah. With a cheap ring. A long engagement.

Yeah. And if it's not for you, it's not for you. Yeah. There should be absolutely no pressure to get married. At all. But it's actually the price that's now putting off a lot of people getting married. Yeah. Young people are putting it off because they don't want to pay for it.

The average wedding planner website encourages spending, this is British, £32,000. And apparently in order, so because of COVID, so many event spaces and this includes

wedding reception and wedding venues have been out of work and closed. Yeah. They're looking to recoup costs and they have to put their prices up when they open again for weddings. Yep. So... God, and they're already expensive.

As soon as you say the word wedding, it's like... Yeah. When you take into account that they say 32,000 pounds, the average British salary is just under 30,000 pounds. Right, okay.

So it's more than the average person's salary is what they're recommending spending on the wedding. That is insane amounts of money. Isn't it? Yeah, and when you have the day, especially if you have it twice, it does run through your mind that all that money has gone on one day

and it could have been put towards a house or something. So 32,000 British pounds, 62,000 New Zealand dollars. Wow. Is what they recommend. That is crazy money. That's what's putting people off. And that's the thing because there's the expectation that you've got to have the perfect day and you've got to have this and that in the right venue.

But sometimes people just get married on a beach, don't they, with a couple of friends. Which can be just as nice and way less stressful. Totally. Or people just go to the office. People do it all the time at the registry office, don't they? Yeah, births, deaths and marriages. Yeah, because you have to go pick up your marriage certificate before you get married.

And yeah, I saw, I'm just going back some now, but yeah, I saw it. They've even got like this lovely little trellis in there with some fake plants growing on it. So if you want a photo, you can just park yourself in front of the fake trellis. Trellis should be illegal. What trellis? All trellis.

Every trellis. Every trellis. What about horizontal trellis? I know that's more in at the moment, but that's not crisscrossy enough. I don't see that as trellis. Oh, don't you? That's wood slats. Yeah, more of a slat screen, more of a light slat screen.

That's a slat screen, which I'm okay with. What about horizontal trellis? That's just like a fence. That's a fence. That's a thin fence. That's a thin fencing. Whereas if it crisscrosses and it's trellis, get out of here. Trellis is done.

That's 90s. Gotcha. It's tacky. What if you had to have trellis, horizontal or diagonal trellis? No trellis. You have to. I've got a gun to the head. Shoot me.

I'd rather die than have trellis. That's disgusting. How did he die? I put a hypothetical to him. He wasn't taking it seriously, so I made the hypothetical an actual, and he chose death. You won't find me getting married in a trellis pergola any time in a...

Yeah. Boo. I don't think it's the trellis that would put you off. Just marriage. Just a lifelong commitment to another human. Yeah. Absolutely. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast.

ZM. Am I a bad person? All right, am I a bad person? All right, am I a bad person? We've had a message into the FVM ZM Facebook inbox. Correspondence. It starts by saying, help me guys, I'm stressed. Me and my boyfriend have been together for six years. It's a long time and for the last month or so,

he's been really distant. He's been shady about his money and his phone. And we've read lots of stories about, you know, if your partner's hiding your phone, it suggests that maybe they're cheating. So maybe that's where the concern's coming from. They go on to say, I'm freaking out because I feel like this could go one of two ways. Part of me is worried he's cheating and the other part of me reckons he's about to propose. Okay, there's some polar opposites there.

So the question is, am I a bad person if I talk to his best friend about it? I feel like I can't talk to my boyfriend as I don't want to ruin the surprise if it is a proposal. But the best friend might not know that he's going to propose. He might. Did you tell us when you were going to propose? No. Didn't tell anyone.

You know, some people don't tell anyone because they don't want anyone to ruin it. Yeah, my husband didn't tell anyone. The only person that knew was my father-in-law. Because you have to ask for permission. I did the old permission ask. And the guy that helped me design the ring. Yeah. Initially, when I read that, I was like, oh, he's like, something's dodgy.

But then how... Then when she said the proposal thing, that makes sense with the finances. Because why would he be dodgy about his money? We know a couple of people that have ruined the surprise. Because they've known something's up. You two ruined the surprise to me. I'm an Aussie parker. Yeah, but we didn't know.

We just assumed. But... That was just a good guess. Guys always go a bit weird before they're going to propose because it's like nerve wracking. And they're trying to, if you've got joint accounts and stuff, if you see the money going in and out, how do you buy a ring? Yeah.

So it could be that. Fingers crossed. Or he is cheating. But also, you're at two very different ends of the spectrum. She doesn't mention him being away at all. No. Because that's another sign. Normally, you know, when people change their

phone habits or they leave their phone face down or they spend... Yeah, you're right. There's no other mention of any other indicator that he might be cheating. Like working late. Yeah. Or out with friends. Unexplained outings. Yeah. Which out with friends. Unexplained outings. Yeah. Which could point to the wedding thing. Yeah, because if you're getting a ring designed or whatever.

But it is, if you're with someone for six years and you live together, you get, you know, you have the same habits and so it's easy to pick up when something has changed. Yeah. If you're intuitive. Yeah. Like all of a sudden they're spending more time somewhere else or on their phone. Do you not want to pry? That's the worst thing though.

If you get shitty and you pry and you start an argument and then he's like, fine, here's the ring. Should you be marrying someone that you think could be cheating on you? Yeah. No, but I mean like some people have insecurities and it's always like a worry in the back of their mind. That'd be a fun person to be married to. Well, yeah, I'd love to know what you think.

Are they a bad person? They want to talk to his best friend about it, but obviously don't want to spoil any surprise. What should they do? All right, well, 0800DARLS at M9696. You can call or text now. Maybe you've been in this situation, and maybe you did ruin your own engagement. Yeah. But then at the same time, it's like, do you got to trust yourself if you think something's going on?

But you also should trust your partner of six years. What a predicament. All right, well, am I a bad person? Give us a call. What do you think? Should she talk to the best friend or just maybe ride it out? Quick recap if you've just joined us. So her and her boyfriend have been together for six years and for the last month or so,

he's been distant and weird, shady about his money and phone. It's the only two conclusions this person has come to. Either he's cheating on her or there is a proposal coming. Two extremes. She wants to know if she is a bad person for going to talk to his best friend about it and investigating. Are you going to talk to his best friend about it and investigating. You're going to spoil the surprise or you're going to find out he's cheating.

Also, are you going to tell your best friend you're cheating? Yeah. I mean, they might pick up on something. They might kind of pick up on some behavior. All right. Well, what do you think? 0800 dials at him. You can text in some text messages. Somebody said that they'd just go straight to the partner

and say, why are you acting shady? Yeah, but then you might be spoiling the surprise. But then you'll know. They said they'd be willing to take that chance. Really? I planned my boyfriend's 21st. He was acting real shady all morning, avoiding me, hiding his phone. I told his mum he was being ungrateful and that I'm done with his bullshit.

He proposed to me that night at his funeral. So then you just turn around and you're like, oh my God, yes. All is forgiven. Wow. Fuck. If you were done with his bullshit, there'd been a lot of bullshit up to that point. Don't get starry-eyed and rose-tinted glasses at a proposal. I mean, if it's a public proposal, say yes,

because if you say no, it's embarrassing, but later on... Say no later. Oh, no, no, no. Yeah, just renege on that. I've had a realisation. So, am I a bad person? A quick recap. Correspondence from a girlfriend.

She said, me and my boyfriend been together six years for the last month or so. He's been really distant, shady about money, his phone. She's freaking out because it'll go one or two ways. She thinks either he's cheating or he's about to propose. And she wants to talk to his best friend about it. Two extremes here. So, what do you think? Renee, is she a bad person?

I don't think she's a bad person, but I think she should probably talk to him about it instead of the best friend, but just approach it in the right way. Yeah, she could just be like, you're being really secretive with your phone. She doesn't have to ruin the surprise of the engagement. Yeah, well, she can just ask him if he's still happy. You know, there's distance in being kind of his mind elsewhere or physically and emotionally distant from the relationship. Right. Okay, Renee sounds very smart.

I didn't know anything about that. Yeah. That's a really good point. Sometimes. Right, rather than be like, are you about to propose to me? Or like, boy being weird, and then he could get all flustered and spoil it. Yeah, but I mean, I suppose if she doesn't get the answers, because generally you can have concerns,

then maybe she does need to talk to someone else about it. I'm reading between the lines here, Renee. A private investigator. Yeah. Renee, thanks for your call. Natalia, what do you think? No, not really, because the same thing happened to my daughter. Her boyfriend, all of a sudden, he was doing the same,

being secretive with his phone, changed his password, and was carrying on all secretive. But he was being secretive with me. The thing was, the pair of us were, I was helping him to organise an engagement ring for her. Okay. So she thought that he was cheating on her with me. Oh, with you.

Wow. And did she flip out? Like, how did that end? She wasn't the happiest little Vegemite on the planet. But when he eventually proposed, she was okay. Then she goes, oh, is that why you guys have been secretive? And, yeah, she yelled at the pair of us. But anyway.

That is wild. Such a conclusion to jump to. The only reasonable answer is he's sleeping with my mother. Natalia, thanks for your call. Some other text messages in from people who have been in the same situation. Snoop, just go through his stuff. No, because he will spoil it. Interrogate him, push him away, and then you won't have to worry about it because you'll be single.

See, what they did there was they made it sound like. Yeah. Yeah, right. But they were being ironic. Yeah. Sarcastic. Yeah. One of those ick words with the ick on the end.

Somebody else said, this happened to me. He wasn't cheating on me or nor was he about to propose. He was on methamphetamine. So there's a third option. Yeah. We need to consider that. We didn't even consider that. He might not be cheating on you.

He just might be addicted to drugs. Oh, that's actually really sad. Horrible, isn't it? Yeah. But at least you know then you can deal with it. Someone said, as a best mate who's been dragged into this, don't drag him in. Leave him out of it.

He's completely innocent. Best friend wants to be dragged into some drama like that. Nah, they want to be left right out of the drama. So if you were to summarise. Someone said this also happened to me, and it is because my partner had bought a VIP membership to an online pornographer. Okay. That was why he was hiding his phone because he was getting notifications.

Right. Apparently that's a part of it. A part of being a VIP member. And sketchy about the finances because it was an automatic payment coming out of his account. So a few more options to consider here. So many more terrible things to consider. But most people are saying not a bad person. I've got a little money-making scheme here.

Okay. Because in the UK, a receptionist has been awarded 23,000 pounds. So, God, nearly 50,000 New Zealand dollars? Yes. Okay. How do we make this money? How hard is this? Easy peasy.

Okay. Easy peasy. She was left out from pizza night at work. Well, I haven't been to our Friday pizza drink. Me neither. Forever. For a long time. I don't even know they happened anymore.

You get invited though. I have never been personally invited. The email is in your inbox every Friday. Nope, I don't believe it is. It's like, come down to the

iHeartRadio lounge and now there's free pizza for all. Right. Yeah. Never get it. Thank you for saying you get the personal invite

and I don't. This is further evidence in my upcoming court case against NZME for a campaign of victimisation and exclusion. Okay, you are not victimised or excluded. And you've got to want to go to these social events. I don't have to want to go anywhere. Whether or not I want to go to an event

does not decide whether or not I should be invited. I'm that person who's like, I didn't know that was happening. And they're like, well, you never come. So we just didn't invite you. And I'll be like, see you in court. You get upset when you don't get invited, but you would never go in the first place.

No, God, no. We actually were at our old workplace, excluded from, remember the Christmas party and Secret Santa? Because we were leaving to come here. Yeah. We could have got $25,000. Remember, I was leaving too, but I got gifts.

Do we think that was maybe something more personal? Yeah, because you were like the crazy bee. You would have done something. You would have lit the place on fire or something. Whereas we're just two cool, relaxed dudes. So she said they deliberately didn't ask her what pizza she wanted. Oh, my God. Okay, nobody likes it.

Someone sounds like they would have asked for a gluten-free vegan pizza. Did she say what her preference is for pizza? No. Yeah. No. So, yeah, she said that was the final straw. Imagining they asked her once, next time they didn't ask because nobody wanted to. You know, it's a big thing to sacrifice.

Vegans, I'm talking to you. It's a big thing to sacrifice one pizza in the pool of pizzas for your dumb choice that no one else is going to want to eat. Yeah. Yeah. You know? Although that pizza that we had at Wild Foods, I'm still going to say is one of my favourite pizzas I've ever eaten of all time.

Now, if they, now, yes, but they're hard to find. That was like a wood-fired. It was a vegan pizza. It was like a feta and roasted pumpkin and nuts. And papitas. There was papitas. Oh, my God. Did you eat something vegan that you really enjoyed?

Yeah. I did. Yeah, yeah. And not afraid to admit it either. And then I ate some some ram's testicles to make up for the fact that I had been without iron.

For five minutes. For five seconds. ZM's Fletch Warner Megan, the podcast. Just quickly Megan, before we get on to your whoopsie at the mall, we have had a lot of correspondence where the milk frother, apparently Kmart does a good milk frother. Separate individual frother.

What don't they do? So you say that you need something. You should always just go to Kmart website first because this happens to us all the time. I know. But apparently that's the key. If they're not out of stock. Yeah, the Kmart, if you don't want the flash one. Anyway. They're not out of stock Yeah, the Kmart If you don't want the flash one

Anyway A whole new world has opened up to me now I was going to I was going to Because when you have a baby You can now use those baby parks Which I've used in the past And got angry notes

The parents of prams Yeah Because they need to be wider Because you've got a pram Fletch And you're trying to get the capsule Out of the car and got angry notes. The parents of prams? Yeah. Because they need to be wider because you've got a pram and you're trying to get the capsule out of the car and stuff. Always really close

to the door, aren't they? It's not fair. No, it's so good. We almost finished with the girls' seats. Indy's almost big enough to go without car seats. I'm not getting rid of it.

Shardé's like, are you chucking that polystyrene recycling thing at the baby factory or whatever. I was like, no, that's my key to parking in parents' pramps. Yeah. No, if I had a car, I would just get an old baby seat. Out of the bin.

Out of the bin and put it in there and then rip the fingers to anyone who... No, people watch you get out of your car. But what can they do? They're not the police. They leave you angry notes. You say, I was going back into the store to get my child. I forgot it. Yeah.

They're in daycare at Kmart. Yeah. That say I was going back into the store to get my child. I forgot it. Yeah. They're in daycare at Kmart. Yeah. That's where you leave babies, right? great range of toys. Now, it feels like we're

on the Kmart dollar. No, we're not. Absolutely not. No. But it's not only that. It is also the parents room at a mall. Never, ever have I been

in one before. That's luxurious in there. Isn't it? Roomy, comfortable seats. You should just go in there, Isn't it? Roomy, comfortable seats. You should just go in there, Fletch, because again, like no one. Oh yeah, no, there's actually children in there. Horrible.

There's individual rooms. It's a nice toilet. You can often buy a food court. So we like take our food in there and have it like quiet. Sit down and eat your lunch. Well, you can't take a butter chicken combo on the tray. Who says? There's no rules anywhere. I don't think you should eat near a toilet. Well, you can't take a butter chicken combo on the tray. Who says? There's no rules anywhere. I don't think you should eat near a toilet.

No, no, no. They encourage you to eat dairy products in there. Butter chicken, boob milk, both are absolutely on the menu. Okay. So, yeah, we've been utilising this. It's a lot of fun. One time, actually, the rooms were full, I had to like feed in the doorway. That would suggest that I was next in line for a room, wouldn't it?

And then someone came in and snaked the next room. Well, they might have just thought you were happy to feed in the doorway. No. That might have been your thing. So in these rooms, there's a door. Well, the one in particular that I'm referring to there is a door that you push the button to open. Like the automatic toilets?

Yeah. Okay. When it opens, you see the feeding rooms, there's a door that you push the button to open. Like the automatic toilets? Yeah. Okay. When it opens, you see the feeding rooms, there's a little play area, and right by the door is another door, like the Super Lose, that has a button, and in there is a toilet and a small toilet for a little human. Okay.

So went and did, went and fed Bastion, and as we were leaving, I've never been in these rooms before, I didn't know quite how to get out. I knew there was a push the button to exit. So I push a button, what I think is to get out of the feeding room. And the door opens beside me, which is the toilet. Okay.

Inside the toilet is a woman who is pretty much naked because she had inappropriate clothes on for feeding, so she had to get undressed and needed to then go to the toilet. And you were... She didn't press the lock button. She didn't press... She had two kids. She had a baby and a toddler and was obviously flustered

and did not press the lock button. Where was the toddler? It was just walking around in the room in the toilet and she's sitting on the toilet half naked. I avert my eyes and was like, oh my god, I'm sorry. But instead of, I panicked

and pressed the button over and over again. So the door's trying to shut, but it's opening and opening and opening instead. And then in my panic, I pushed the door open to the mall, the door that I was supposed to open in the first place. So I'm keeping the door open for the toilet, and then I open the door to the mall.

So she's now sitting on the toilet half naked in the mall. There's no wall between her and the mall. That's a mall design flaw from the people. Because you don't want everyone in the food court seeing you on the mall. There's no wall between her and the mall. That's a mall design flaw. Yeah. From the people. Because you don't want everyone in the food court seeing you on the toilet. You foo-foo. I was so mortified for her. I'm more blown away.

Was she still breastfeeding while she was on the toilet? Oh, because that's what I was like, go, that's super mum style. No, the baby's in the pram. Oh, the baby's in the pram. Toddler's climbing around. Toddler's climbing around. She was obviously flustered. She's super mum style. No, the baby's in the pram. Oh, the baby's in the pram. Baby's in the pram. Toddler's climbing over. Toddler's climbing around. She was obviously flustered. She's taking all her clothes off.

I mean, I get she was flustered because she's got two kids, but I'm so paranoid about those Superloo, like, buttons. You know when you press it, I always, like, pull down my sleeve or use my knuckle. Yeah. Lock. And I'm just like, is that locked? Like, I'm trusting.

And then does it have a timer? Yeah, it does. Yeah, it does. Yeah, it does. I've been in there when it sold me. I've been in there for too long. And sometimes the toilet's far away from the button, so you can't. Oh, yeah.

This was a massive toilet. There was no way she was shutting the door. Vaughan's been in there so long, the cleaning function started. I've been in the one here when the light goes off. Oh, yeah, the toilet. When I work here. You take way too long in the toilet. It's kind of here when the light goes off. Oh, yeah. When I work here. You take way too long in the toilet. It's kind of calming when the light goes off, though.

It's nice. Sometimes I'm just like, yeah, take me now. And this is me. Take me now. The first time it happened, I thought I'd died. I thought I'd Alvist it on the toilet. I was like, just Vaughan Smith joining the ranks of great men who died taking a poo. It's weird when you walk into the toilet here at work and the light comes on,

but then you hear someone else in there. And the door's shut. You're like, wow. Vaughan, is that you? And I'm like, just leave me to die. Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. The podcast. ZM.

Flesh, Vaughan and Megan. Refund your date. Alright, refund a date. We basically hear about a bad date, how much it costs you, and then we run it through the date refund to $6,000. We're up to model $6,000 now, Megan. $4,000 was a dud. Okay. $4,000 was just an

absolute dud. They should have skipped that. That will spit out a refund or not. Yep. Whether or not you're going to be refunded. Kate, a very good morning to you. Hey, team. How are we going? Very welled. Kate, a very good morning to you. Christina team, how are we going? Very well, thank you. Tell us about this terrible date. Okay, so I matched with a guy on Bumble,

and then five days later he messaged me. It was a Tuesday evening, and he asked if I wanted to go to a trampoline park. I feel like that's points for different, you know? Yeah. I thought it was pretty odd at the time, but he was quite adventurous and stuff. And so I assumed he meant like a jump drama or something. He gave me a meeting with me.

He showed up there an hour later and it turns out he met a proper gymnasium. It was like Capital Gymnastics Gymnasium that was in a trampoline park. Oh, no. Sort of like Olympics trampolining, not just like bowling around in those $2 socks you got for an hour listening to like loud music and dodging kids trampoline park. Yeah, yeah. So that's what I assumed. And when it was like an adult special,

it was like proper gymnastics, like young adults who had experience doing all this stuff. No, I wouldn't want to be jiggling in front of somebody on a first date. You know, like, there's a lot of jiggle at a trampoline park. But it's not even that. Those trampoline parks will shoot you to the roof. Yeah. Well, because I have no experience with this at all.

We hadn't discussed it, but I try to, you know, like, play good soul and go along with it. And so he's trying to teach me all these flits and stuff, like you bounce on your back and you run up a wall. There was like rings and like a pegboard. And I'm useless at all this stuff. Yeah, it was pretty bad.

And so he was getting quite competitive about it, which I wasn't enjoying. What? I thought he just wanted to show off to you. Yeah. Yeah. He was kind of, I mean, he kind of was, but, like, that's really not, like, the best first day.

And so towards the end of it, I tried to do a flip, and I kind of landed bad, and I kind of kinked my neck. Oh no. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, so we kind of did an awkward goodbye and I went home and it was quite sore and I was like, okay,

it was kind of weird but I'll give him another chance and so I went to message him and he had already blocked me on the earth. Maybe you were too good at trampolining. I know. He didn't need that kind of competition in a relationship. Kate, I will say that we're refunding a date here

and so far it doesn't seem to have cost you anything. Well, that's the thing. So I woke up the next morning and it was pretty bad, like my neck. I had to organise an emergency physio and it turns out that I had gone whiplash. Oh, my God. Well, I did a backwards roly-poly a couple of years ago and my neck wasn't right for like six months. Yeah. Okay, so Kate, how much did that cost you? So even though it was covered through ACC,

I ended up having to go to multiple physio appointments over the next six weeks. Right, so some co-payments. Yeah. Yeah, and it ended up being about $200 for all the physio appointments, and it was just $10 for the date itself. Oh, my God.

So $210 is what you'd like us to put into the date refunder? Yes, please. Okay. Your date refund request has been... Oh, it just says at the start, I will say that the date refund of $6,000 said isn't it good to live in a country with ACC? If this had happened in America,

it probably would have cost you over $20,000 and you'd have to sue the gymnastics place. Yeah, yeah. And probably him. But you have been accepted. Yay! The refund is happening. Awesome.

Congratulations, Kate. Well done. Thanks, guys. And is the neck all better now? Yeah, yeah. It's absolutely fine. It was just I had to wear a neck brace the whole first week. Oh, my God.

Yeah. Okay, we've all learned to listen here, haven't we? No first dates at a trampoline park. Yep. Perfect. Thanks, guys. ZM's Fletch, Vaughan and Megan, the podcast. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day.

Today's Fact of the Day is a bit of a landmark. This is in Oklahoma, this landmark, and it's been there since 1959. A nearby bridge was being constructed in 1959 in Winganong, Oklahoma. Okay. Wing, like a wing. Yeah. And then Anon, like anonymous. Winganong.

Winganong. One word. What a weird name. So a truck was on its way to build this bridge. It had concrete foundations poured, and it's a very straight piece of road, so I'm not sure how it happened, but the concrete truck rolled.

Oh, goodness. By the time the salvage crew got there, the concrete had hardened. Because, you know, the concrete keeps twirling. And that's why it doesn't sit, because it's twirling in the mixery thing. Because it's moving and twirling. Right.

But still, they pump it in there. They don't muck around. They get to the places they're going as quick as they can, and it twirls one way, and so it doesn't come out. And then it twirls the other way, and the little spirals inside makes it come out. Magic, eh? Magic. Yeah.

So that's how that works. Side note. But it flipped, and by the time they got there, the concrete had set. Oh, no. So it was too heavy for them to lift they're like well we can disconnect the

concrete mixing bowl yeah the mixing like when you take the mixing bowl off the mixer yeah when you're making a cake

we'll take that off we'll disconnect that so then we can salvage the truck yep and we'll come back for their large mixing

okay situation and they just never did okay so 59 their large mixing situation. And they just never did. Okay. So 59, 62 years ago, this happened. And it's still there on the side of the road, filled with its original concrete in its original position.

However, now it's painted, and this happened in 2011, it's been painted as different things throughout time. But in 2011, some locals took it upon themselves to make it look like a little rocket. Oh, my God. Like metallic silver paint? Yeah, like a little space capsule that people could have, a part that fell off a rocket. Wow.

So apparently people who don't know the story drive past all the time and stop for a photo because they're like, oh, my God, this piece of rocket, and nobody's picked it up, and it looks like it's been here for ages. So she'll have a smoke machine permanently coming out of one of those little vents at the end. Yeah. So somebody made the rockets on the end and everything just out of stuff they had lying around their house, the hoses, the garden hose, the paint that they just provided themselves.

They spray painted it silver. And it's still sitting there. I looked it up, the hashtag, Winganon Space Capsule on Instagram. Here's a guy sitting on it last year. So it was like a little concrete mixer truck, wasn't it? It wasn't a big one. So I don't know if, I'm not overly familiar with the history of concrete mixers and whether or not there's been huge developments

that have allowed for larger. Yeah, well, they certainly are larger now. When you see your bowers concrete going around, they are significantly larger than that, but this was a small one. I would 100% think that that was a rocket. I know, I'd get a photo with that. Yeah.

Well, just by the driving past, it 100% does look like a piece of a rocket. It's just in the ditch on the side of the road. Yeah. Amazing. Yeah, and it's still in the exact same spot, and every now and then that floods because there is a river nearby, but it's so heavy as yet nothing's moved it.

Right, and just because the concrete's set, it's too heavy to move. It was too heavy to move, and then they left it there for a bit, and I think it's been painted as different things over time, so I think it's almost become a little bit of a landmark, and you can find it on Google Maps. Right, okay. You can look on top of it in Google Maps. So today's fact of the day is a concrete truck crashed in 1959

and through pure laziness of not wanting to clean it up, created a landmark. Fact of the day, day, day, day, day. Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do. Fleshforn and Megan, the podcast, ZM. Well, Redditors have shared their tips for job interviews because, you know, it can be a pretty nerve-wracking time. Do you research about the company? That's always a good one because they might ask you about it

and you're like, oh. Never thought about doing that actually. Like, you know, a company might own like several different types of the businesses. Lots of different brands. Exactly. You want to know what all the brands are

so do your research. Yeah. I don't know. I haven't done a job into you forever. Like, I think when I was 18 or 19 or something. Yeah. I don't know. I haven't done a job into you forever. Like, I think when I was 18 or 19 or something. What else do you do? Brush up on- Dress nice.

Wear a shirt. Or what about, what are your weaknesses? Have an answer for that one. You always say something like, I don't know how to switch off. Yeah, you try to make your weaknesses on track. I'm so perfect, I can't answer that. But you wouldn't want that. You wouldn't want the, I don't want to turn off, I don't know how to turn off. Yeah, you're trying to make your weakness on the phone. I'm so perfect, I can't answer that. But you wouldn't want that. You wouldn't want the,

I don't want to turn off, I don't know how to turn off anymore, right? Because you don't want to be the burnout business. Yeah, well, they don't want you burning out and have to deal with that.

Well, there was another one that was shared by a woman who was in charge of the hiring for her company. She spoke about a guy that bombed in his interview within the very first few minutes because he walked into this job interview and went to reception,

was very dismissive of the receptionist, didn't maintain eye contact, didn't, when she engaged in conversation with him, small talk, he was dismissive. It's first mistake because if you get a job there, the receptionist is going to help you out so much. Oh, exactly. With so many things. So always be nice. So what he didn't know was that the receptionist was actually the person in charge of hiring and had sat herself at reception for the very purpose of trying to figure out what exactly they are like.

Gotcha. And how they treat everyone. Exactly. And that was her point is that everybody in the business is worthy of respect. Wow. Just because you think, oh, they're just a receptionist. No, everyone deserves your respect. I like that.

Not just someone who's going to serve you. And they might come in for an interview and he might have just turned it on. And, you know, you hadn't seen that interaction with the receptionist. I love that. I love when people play like tricks in interviews and stuff. Set a little trap. That's so important though. And like that was always a deal breaker in a relationship is like how people treat, you know, like wait staff and how people treat.

If you've ever been out and seen someone like snap at a waiter or something. Oh, yeah. Respect for everyone is important. I was wondering, could we take some calls this morning? Like when did you bomb in a job interview? Like you just knew, oh, why did I say that?

That did not go well. That didn't go well. That did not go well. I mean, I don't know. Do you think people do like traps like this very much? I made him my word recently talking about job interviews and he said he went to a job interview

and there were two people interviewing him and they kept calling him the wrong name to see how he'd react to being called the wrong name. What's the right way

to react though? Not say anything or just politely correct? No, you correct them once. But then if they're after someone that like the role deserves someone to be quite forthcoming

and you know. Because I wouldn't correct them. No, see I wouldn't either. I'd just be like oh they're just stupid. But then they're like oh well you're a pushover. Youcoming and, you know. Because I wouldn't correct them. No, see, I wouldn't either. I'd just be like, oh, they're just stupid. But then they're like, oh, well, you're a pushover. You weren't, you didn't fix the issue. How do you deal with difficult people? And if they're not, if they're looking for someone who's not a pushover,

who's, you know, needs to be strong and stand up to people. You would have failed the test. You would have failed the test. But yeah, I don't know. Maybe you've got a story like that. A guy has bombed an interview in the UK. This was Reddit is sharing their uh tips for job interviews the interviewer was actually the receptionist and he wasn't nice to

her yeah fail straight away uh so we want to know when you've uh bombed at a job interview maybe there maybe they did set a trap like that or maybe you just always be prepared for the trap yeah or maybe you just absolutely put your foot in it. Someone said, this is a genuine tip that people who hire do all the time. Okay. I would do this. I would sit at reception and because I was young, even though I was behind the administration and the hiring, if they were rude to me or really super dismissive, it was totally a sign.

Wow. That they weren't going to be a good member of the team. Someone said, I went into the wrong job interview. I thought some of these questions were a little bit weird, but I got the job anyway. How different was it? Was it not the job that you wanted?

I don't know. I need to know what the two different jobs were and how different they were. I went into an interview and literally tripped over and fell on my face. I still got the job, though, so it wasn't a complete... I felt bad for you. Yeah.

Jonathan, your boss had someone come in for an interview? Yes. Yes, so he had a guy turn up to the farm for an interview and, you know, you go to their house for the interview and the guy walks straight inside with his boots on. Oh, no, no, no. Always take the boots off. And that was just the end of that.

Did he? He just told him to leave. Oh, so he didn't even go through with the interview as, like, a nice gesture. He just... No, he was a very family-orientated man, so he said, you know, you're walking away. You know, my family home with your dirty boots on. Oh, amateur.

Yeah, wow. Alright, brilliant, Jonathan. Thanks for your call. Talking about how badly you've bombed at job interviews. Yeah, somebody was rude to the receptionist, which turned out to be the HR person who did the hiring, so that's a little Good trick. That's a little tip. Don't do that. Some other

text messages in. Somebody said, I bombed an interview. They said, why do you want to work here? They said, well, I don't really want to work here. I know that's a stupid question. I need to earn money to pay life. The bills. I need to work. I don't want to work.

Why do we all work? Exactly. Someone says, do you want to do the dishes? No. No one wants to do the dishes. Are you passionate about this insurance company or this phone company? No, you're all shit, but I need money. You just lie.

You're a necessary evil. Pretty much, yeah. All right, we'll take some calls. Ellie, who bombed at the interview? Was this you? No. No, not me. I work for a truck company.

Okay. And our key one that we look for when people rock up for truck driving positions is to see how dirty their car is and if it has any dental scratches. Because they'll take care of your truck. Yeah, so they get assigned to their own truck and if they're going to keep their car like scrap, then they're not going to have one of our trucks. They're not going to look after the truck.

Yeah, fair call. Also, how much are they on their phones would be another good one because then otherwise they'll start driving your truck and be on their phone too. I'm going to say zero because our boys are angels.

And that's something else someone pointed out. You say to someone after an interview, I'll walk you to your car and if their car inside is messy, like a shambles,

it's kind of a more indicative of what they like at keeping things in order versus if they can scrub up for a job interview. 100%. Yeah. Then I'd also be like, yeah, I'd also be like, oh, they're judging my crappy car. Like, imagine someone going out to see your Honda and it's

the wing mirror's falling off. The wing mirror, replace the wing mirror. I've taken off the scrappy undercarriage bit. I unscrewed that. That's unnecessary. Dented in both corners on the front. Has it still got hay in the back seat? No, a bit of potty mix, but not hay.

So legionnaires disease. Great. Ali, thanks for your call. Mackie, you failed a job interview? Yeah, yeah. I was going for a lifeguard role at Glenfield Pool, and I don't know if you know, but there's a pool barrier that divides the diving pool from the main pool,

and it's about a metre big. I used to do swim squad there in the morning with the mums. It gets really deep, eh? And what is it? If they take that divider out, it's a full 50-metre pool, but otherwise it's 30 knots. Yeah, yeah. Something like that.

Yeah, kind of like that. Anyway, so there's a swim test part of it, and they drop a brick down there, and you have to dive down and get it. And I dove down, grabbed it, and pushed off the bottom, and as I was coming up, I didn't realise I was close to the barrier, and I actually swam straight into it

and knocked myself out and broke my nose. Oh, my God. So they watched you grab the sprinkler like she's doing well. Because it's blue. Then I had to get rescued. Yeah, yeah. I had to get pulled out of the pool because I knocked myself out. See, the barrier sits at the top of the pool.

It's made of concrete, but it only goes to kind of like... It's like fiberglass, I think. Yeah. Just below the waterline. Why is it blue? Make it a different color. It's the same color as the edge of the pool. Yeah. Except you can come

up under this thing. That's not your fault. I used to get so scared swimming under that thing. I was a fully grown man, but I got so scared swimming under that thing. You didn't get that job then, Mickey? No, unfortunately. She just didn't go back. I think I was just a bit embarrassed.

Did they have to drain the pool because you'd kind of bled all through it? Oh no no it wasn't that bad Chlorine, bit of chlorine put some sprinkles in near the incident that'll eat up the blood Chlorine crystals

Thanks you cool Mickey That'll get it done Somebody else said was going for a job interview got to the part where you have to do the practical part of being a flight attendant.

Oh yeah. But even being on a fake plane freaked me out so I didn't do well. I've always wondered about that. Like people that have, that aren't good with flying but they end up being

flight attendants. Yeah. Like me, like I fly all the time. I'm good when it's good but then you're trying to serve someone and there's turbulence.

I'll be like, ah! We're going down. Do you always look at their faces? Yes. Like if you're near the front, you look at their faces when there's turbulence and they're like. If they're calm, I'm calm. Yeah, yeah.

But if they're like, well, today's the day I die, that's also just terrifying. Megan will be out the front. The plane drops suddenly. She'll be like, ah! We're all going to die. Throw the coffee. Hold that.

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